Author: Dick Mangrum

No matter under which corporate umbrella and in spite of an occasional down business world, Oconee County has learned to count on what has been a staple in its industrial community . . . and vice-versa. An event next week marks the 50th year of electric meter and electronic equipment manufacturing at a large complex in West Union. Itron Incorporated […]

A soaking rain yesterday canceled a groundbreaking event for Seneca’s new hotel, but nature did not stop the paperwork from going through to complete the deal. Documents filed yesterday afternoon in the office of Oconee Register of Deeds show approximately two acres changed hands between the property owner and the developer for the Hampton Inn and Suites. From the development […]

An announcement this afternoon by the S.C. House Speaker states the South Carolina Supreme Court today affirmed the decision of a federal panel of judges that found S.C.’s redistricting plans to be “fair, just and within the guidelines of the Voting Rights Act.” Speaker Bobby Harrell, a Republican, called a legal challenge to the plans by the chairman of the state […]

A 24-year old Westminster man was jailed at Walhalla over the weekend after authorities investigated an attempt to set fire to a pickup truck. Charges by the city police and the Oconee Sheriff’s Department against Richard Shane Welch were listed as burglary second degree, malicious injury to personal property, and attempted arson. Ronald Wilbanks, Walhalla interim police chief, said Welch […]

At the deadline last week, Salem had a pair of candidates for a vacant seat on the town council. At the deadline, the candidates were Russell Patterson and Ray Cameron. They will square off during a special November 13 election to fill the unexpired term of Tony Moore, who moved to Michigan.

Despite the rain, the “Steak in Oconee” tribute to agriculture will proceed, as planned, tonight on the grounds of the Golden Corner Commerce Park at Fair Play.  Sandra Jones of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce says tonight’s diners will be seated under a large tent and parking has been switched to a gravel road to ensure that vehicles don’t get […]

South Carolina’s first-year lieutenant governor will headline an Oconee County event, designed to show off the expanded services now offered to senior citizens. Glenn McConnell cuts the ribbon at 10 tomorrow morning for a new wing at the Senior Solutions complex at the former Rosenwald School on Seneca’s Perry Avenue. The public is invited. Doug Wright, Senior Solutions executive director, […]

Riley Johnson, Seneca Events Coordinator, says the organizers have decided to postpone this morning’s groundbreaking for the  new Hampton Inn and Suites.

A senior at Walhalla High is Miss Oktoberfest 2012. Ashley Carroll won every category in Saturday night’s pageant, produced and directed by G-C Pageants. Winning class attendant titles were freshman Bonnie-Ann Duke of West-Oak; sophomore Rebecca Kennedy of Tamassee-Salem; junior Molly Saxon of Walhalla; and senior Ashley Strickland of West-Oak. Walhalla’s Mackenzie Long was crowed Miss Photogenic.

A term of Oconee Common Pleas Court takes place this week in Walhalla. First case docketed for trial is a motor vehicle lawsuit between Karen Jane Gomez and Chic Fil A Inc. and others. Judge Lawton McIntosh presides.